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The BC Liberals, who are facing defeat on Thursday after 16 years in office, reversed course on political donations along with dozens of other policies in last week’s throne speech, after years of resisting pressure for campaign finance reform.

Both party status for the Greens and a ban on corporate and union donations are elements of a power-sharing agreement signed by the opposition parties in May.

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Finance Minister and Liberal House Leader Mike de Jong, who introduced the proposed donation ban bill, denied Monday that the move was a delay tactic to stave off the impending confidence vote.

“We have heard umpteen times over the course of the last few years that this is the kind of thing that can be dealt with in the course of a day. If that is so, it strikes me that we should be able to accommodate that between now and Thursday.”

Premier Christy Clark, for her part, used her time in Question Period to frame her government’s anticipated defeat as a question of political stability.

“Let’s avoid the risk of an election, let’s make sure that we pass the Throne Speech, one that again was sincerely intended to garner the support of members across ideological lines in this House,” she said.

The New Democrats and Greens have an agreement to combine their seats total to out-vote the Liberals on matters of confidence, which includes the throne speech.

Last month’s election saw the Liberals win 43 seats in B.C.’s 87-seat legislature, but the NDP and the Greens together have 44 seats, which they plan to use to defeat the Liberals and form a minority NDP government.

The vote is expected Thursday afternoon.

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